Amityville: Where the Echo Lives

The only reference to Amityville is in the title.

Terrible script, questionable acting, really no explanation of most of the scenes.

Clips from old scary movies, the City, a Teapot boiling, etc, etc.

Lots of nothingness paired with odd shots of senseless, unrelated things that I'm sure mean something to someone but it's not us, the viewers.

Perhaps a good entrance for Drama or another form of Actiing for Students, Camera and/or Sound Techs but this is not a Movie that should have been put up for Pay per View. I'm contemplating asking not only a refund, but compensation for the time spent watching.

Again, great attempt for beginners, Students and such but this should not have been presented as a Horror PPV.

It's been over an hour, and nothing has happened. I had to speed it up to 2x. The pacing is unbearably slow, making it hard to stay engaged. The screen is constantly filled with abstract, artsy blocks of text that seem designed to add depth but don't actually contribute to the story. There's no suspense, no scares, and nothing that would make this feel like a true horror movie. Instead, it comes across as dull and pretentious, trying too hard to be artistic while forgetting to entertain. I wouldn't call this horror at all, and it's definitely not worth the time. I'd suggest skipping it since it's too boring.

This movie is super below my expectation! This is NOT the same Amityville movies I always get to watch.

The actress has been going round and around the whole hour in the haunted room, and nothings happening. And it's even just a paranormal practitioner who does not have any proven experience yet. She doesn't know what to do. They should also choose an actress who can even be artistic on acting. I have to delay watching 3x just to finish it, waiting and hoping as if something will happen exciting very soon.

It's horror movie, everyone should feel thrilled but nah, it's Suupper booooooring!!..

Someone had to purposely make the movie this bad, for it to be this bad. Flossing my teeth during the movie was the most entertainment I had. Hiring cats to play each part would have provided better acting, and a better script. That's right, at least then, the director would have had an excuse for the epic failure, or perhaps success had there been actual cats playing the parts. If I had to watch it all over again, I'd plan ahead to have my eye doctor dilate my eyes and then I'd turn the volume all the way down. I suppose, it could have been worse though, had the movie been 2 hours instead of 90 minutes.

Of course I had never heard about this 2024 horror movie titled "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" prior to sitting down and watching it. And truth be told, I harbored zero expectations to director Carlos Ayala, as the majority of movies with the word 'Amityville' in the title is pure rubbish.

And true to formula, then "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" was a lousy horror experience. The narrative in the movie moves forward with absolutely no momentum. In fact, it is slow paced that it feels as if it was actually going in reverse. And whatever script that had been churned out for director Carlos Ayala to bring to the screen hed zero interesting contents. There was nothing scary to be seen anywhere in the movie, well, not unless you consider a monotonous narrative and shallow script as scary.

Of course I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in this low budget attempt of a horror movie. And while I usually do enjoy watching unfamiliar talents and faces on the screen, it just wasn't the cast with this movie, because the script was ridiculous and the acting performances were wooden, rigid and devoid of emotions.

Do yourself a favor and give "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" a wide berth. It just simply isn't worth squandering 89 minutes on watching. Some of us suffered through this dung heap, so you don't have to; you're quite welcome.

My rating of director Carlos Ayala's 2024 horror movie "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives" lands on a generous two out of ten stars. I would have rated it a mere one star, but at least the production value of the movie was good enough to drag it up to a meager two out of ten stars.